7th Parliament of Singapore

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| name = 7th Parliament of Singapore

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| n1 = 80 | p1 = People's Action Party

| n2 = 2 | p2 = Workers' Party (Singapore)

| n3 = 1 | p3 = Singapore Democratic Party

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| caption = Composition at the start of the 7th Parliament of Singapore
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| body = Parliament of Singapore

| meeting_place = Old Parliament House

| election = 3 September 1988

| government = People's Action Party

| opposition = Workers' Party
Singapore Democratic Party

| term_start = 9 January 1989

| term_end = 14 August 1991
({{age in years, months and days|1989|1|9|1991|8|14}})

| before = 6th

| after = 8th

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| chamber1 = Parliament of Singapore

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| membership1 = 83

| control1 = PAP supermajority

| chamber1_leader1_type = Speaker

| chamber1_leader1 = Tan Soo Khoon

| chamber1_leader2_type = Leader of the House

| chamber1_leader2 = Wong Kan Seng

| chamber1_leader3_type = Prime Minister

| chamber1_leader3 = Lee Kuan Yew (until 1990)
Goh Chok Tong (from 1990)

| chamber1_leader4_type = Leader of the Opposition

| chamber1_leader4 = Chiam See Tong

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| session1_start = 9 January 1989

| session1_end = 21 April 1990
({{age in years, months and days|1989|1|9|1990|4|21}})

| session2_start = 7 June 1990

| session2_end = 29 January 1991
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| session3_start = 22 February 1991

| session3_end = 14 August 1991
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The 7th Parliament of Singapore was a meeting of the Parliament of Singapore. Its first session commenced on 9 January 1989 and was prorogued on 21 April 1990. Its second session commenced on 7 June 1990 and was prorogued on 29 January 1991. It commenced its third session on 22 February 1991 and was dissolved on 14 August 1991.{{cite web |url=https://www.parliament.gov.sg/history/sessions-of-parliament |title=Sessions of Parliament |website=Parliament of Singapore |date=8 June 2017}}

The members of the 7th Parliament were elected in the 1988 general election. Parliament was controlled by a People's Action Party majority, led by Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew who subsequently handed over to Goh Chok Tong. The Speaker was Tan Soo Khoon.{{cite web |url=https://www.parliament.gov.sg/history/list-of-former-speakers |title=List of Former Speakers |website=Parliament of Singapore |date=7 August 2017}} The de facto Leader of the Opposition was Chiam See Tong of the Singapore Democratic Party.

At about two years and seven months, this Parliament had the shortest tenure in Singapore's history.

Officeholders

Speaker: Tan Soo Khoon (PAP)
Deputy Speaker:
Lim Boon Heng (PAP), from 16 January 1989
Abdullah Tarmugi (PAP), from 16 January 1989
Prime Minister:
Lee Kuan Yew (PAP), until 28 November 1990
Goh Chok Tong (PAP), from 28 November 1990
Deputy Prime Minister:
Goh Chok Tong (PAP), until 28 November 1990
Ong Teng Cheong (PAP)
Lee Hsien Loong (PAP), from 28 November 1990
Leader of the Opposition: Chiam See Tong (SDP)
Leader of the House: Wong Kan Seng (PAP)
Party Whip of the People's Action Party: Lee Boon Yang
Deputy Party Whip of the People's Action Party: Ho Kah Leong

Composition

class="wikitable" border="1" ! colspan="2" rowspan="2" \|Party ! colspan="2" \|Members
At start !At dissolution
{{party color cell\|People's Action Party}} \| scope="row" \|People's Action Party \|align="center"\|80 \|align="center"\|80
{{party color cell\|Workers' Party (Singapore)}} \| scope="row" \|Workers' Party \|align="center"\|2 \|align="center"\|1
{{party color cell\|Singapore Democratic Party}} \|Singapore Democratic Party \|align="center"\|1 \|align="center"\|1
colspan="2" \|Nominated Members of Parliament \|align="center"\|0 \|align="center"\|2
colspan="2" \|Vacant seats \|align="center"\|0 \|align="center"\|1
colspan="2" \|Total \|align="center"\|83 \|align="center"\|85
colspan="2" \|Government majority \|align="center"\|39 \|align="center"\|37

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! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Party

! colspan="2" |Members

At start

!At dissolution

| scope="row" |People's Action Party

|align="center"|80

| scope="row" |Workers' Party

|align="center"|2

|align="center"|1

|Singapore Democratic Party

|align="center"|1

colspan="2" |Nominated Members of Parliament

|align="center"|0

|align="center"|2

colspan="2" |Vacant seats

|align="center"|0

|align="center"|1

colspan="2" |Total

|align="center"|83

|align="center"|85

colspan="2" |Government majority

|align="center"|39

|align="center"|37

Members

= Elected members =

This is the list of members of the 7th Parliament of Singapore elected in the 1988 general election.

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!Constituency

!Division

!Member

! colspan="2" |Party

rowspan="3" |Aljunied GRC

|Aljunied

|Chin Harn Tong

|{{party color cell|People's Action Party}}

7th Parliament of Singapore

Officeholders

Composition

Members

= Elected members =

= Non-Constituency Members of Parliament =

Nominated Members of Parliament

Vacant seats

References